Type and holder therefor.



No. 676,975. Patentedvlune 25, 190i. W. BERRI.

TYPE AND HOLDER THEREFOR.

(Application filed. Apr. 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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TYPE AND HOLDER THEREFOR.

SFEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,975, dated June 25,1901.

Application filed April 20, 1899. Serial No. 718,696. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BERRI, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of NewYork, haveinvented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Type and HoldersTherefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in type and holders therefor.

The holders are as long as a column of printed matter is wide and areconstructed to hold the type (which are preferably either individualletter-type and spaces or wordslugs, each of which contains one or moreWords, but less than a line) With sufficient firmness to permit ofsafely handling the holdcrs and placing them in galleys and in formswith other similar holders.

The letter-type, spaces, or word-slugs can be fed into the holders bysuitable machines, said holders being separable from and indi viduallyindependent of the type-feeding machines, and the taking of casts whichis necessary in making ordinary linotypes is dispensed with, and thusthe holders rival the linotype in rapidity of setting, while having thegreat advantage that corrections can be made in a line withoutdiscarding the line as a whole or removing the holder from the form,because the incorrect letter or Word can be readily removed from theholder and the proper one inserted Without disturbing the holder.

Referring to the drawings which accompany the specification to aid thedescription, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a holder with individualletter-type and spaces. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same;Fig. 3, an elevation of a single type; Fig. 4, an end elevation of theempty holder. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a holder with word slugs andspaces.

The holder consists of side plates 1 l,formed integral with or securedin any suitable mannor, as by rivets, to a middle plate 2, so as to forma receptacle open at the top and closed at the bottom. The ends are alsopreferably open, as shown in Fig. 4, but may be closed. Said side plates1 1 are inclined inwardly toward the top to the better clamp the type.

The type 3 are each formed with ribs 5, which enter the holder, and withshoulders 4t 4, which rest on the top of the plates 1 1. The lower endsof said ribs 5 are beveled, as at 6, to facilitate inserting the typeinto the holder. The spaces 7 are formed similarly to the type exceptthat they are not so high.

Instead of individual type wordslngs may be used, as shown in Fig. 5,each such slug 8 8 8 containing on its face characters arranged to printone or more words, but otherwise be ing formed similarly to the type 3.

It will be evident that if a mistake is made it may be easily correctedby removing the incorrect letter-type or word slug from and insertingthe proper type or slug in the holder, and the correction can be madeWithout changing the line as a Whole or removing the holder from theform, thereby equaling in facility of correction the old-fashionedindividual handset type.

Now, having described my improvements, I claim as my invention-- A unitfor printing a line of matter, consisting of the combination of a holderremovable from the form and substantially as long as the column ofprinted matter is Wide and said holder having side walls less than typehigh, and type provided with shoulders to rest on said Walls and a bodyto enter the space be tween said walls, and each type being separablyremovable from said holder without the removal of any other type,substantially as WM. H. AITKEN, CI-IAs. O. OLIVER.

